Paragraphs

A paragraph consists of a paragraph-name followed by a separator period and by zero, one, or more successive sentences or, if the paragraph-name is omitted, one or more successive sentences following the procedure division header or a section header. A paragraph ends immediately before the next paragraph-name or section-name or at the end of the procedure division or, in the declaratives portion of the procedure division, at the keywords END DECLARATIVES, and ends with a separator period.